Bracket for shade and curtain fixtures.



G. B. SESSIONS BRACKET FOR SHADE AND GURTAIN FIXTURES.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1909.

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GEORGE B. SESSIONS, OF FINDLAY, OHIO BRACKET FOR SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed April 26, 1909. Serial No. 492,332.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. SESSIONS, citizen of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Brackets for Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

It is customaryin general practice when hanging shades and curtains to secure to the face of the molding or casing about a window frame suitable fixtures for supporting the shade roller and for supporting the curtain pole. This is quite undesirable for the reason that it mars the finish of the molding and if any changes are made in the location of the fixtures the molding is rendered unsightly by reason of screw and nail holes, and by reason of the scratching and chipping ofi' of the finish.

In carrying out my invention I provide suitable brackets to which the fixtures for the shade roller and if desired also the fixtures for the curtain pole are secured, each bracket consisting of two members which engage respectively the top and side edges of the molding and which may be secured to the same at any desired point and are capable of relative adjustment so as to adapt the bracket for any width of molding or shade roller.

More specifically considered the bracket consists of two members having rearwardly extending clamping portionswhich engage and are adapted to be secured respectively to the upper and side edges of the molding and portions which extend along the outer face of the molding and are secured in a manner such that the bracket may be adjusted so as to adapt it for shade rollers of various lengths, one of said members carrying one of the fixtures for the shade roller and if desired one of the hooks or fixtures for supporting the curtain pole.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, drawings, and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a ortion of a window frame and molding with my device applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through substantially the center of one of the vertical members of the bracket.

In carrying out my invention any preferred form and constructionof parts may be employed providing they possess the necessary features, but in the drawings I have shown one construction which meets the requirements very effectively, and in such embodiment 10 and 11 represent respectively the'two brackets which are designed to be secured to the molding or top 12 and side 12 of the window frame and which support the fixtures 13 for the shade roller 14; and, in this case, also the fixtures 15. for the curtain pole. As shown clearly in the drawing each bracket consists of two members 16 and 17 which are adjustably secured to each other in a manner to be described, the upper member 16 being adapted to extend along the face of the molding and having a rearwardly extending portion 18 which engages over the upper edge of the molding. This portion of the bracket has secured to it one of the fixtures 13 for the shade roller and also one of the fixtures 15 for the curtain pole, said fixtures being secured to the member 16 of the bracket preferably by riveting. The member 17 which cooperates with the member 16 of the bracket is arranged transversely with respect to the member 16 and is provided with a lower rearwardly extending portion 19, which engages over the side. These two members 16 and 17 are adjustably and slidably secured together so as to permit the vertical member 16 to be adjusted along the top molding l2 and this is accomplished in this case by means of a slot 20 in the member 17, and a screw 21 having a shank which extends through an opening in the member 16 and through this slot 20. The screw has its head 22 at the rear of the bracket or at the rear face of the member 17 and at its outer end is provided with a nut 23 which engages the outer face of the member 16. The two strips or members 16 and 17 of each bracket are secured to the molding by means of suitable securing devices, such as nails 24 and 25, which pass through openings provided in the rearwardly extending portions. 18 and 19, into the top and side edges respectively of the molding. Thus it will be seen that in case it is desired to adapt these brackets for shade rollers of different lengths the brackets may be readily moved along the molding lengthwise of the latter and secured at any desired points by loosening the nuts 23 and sliding the two cooperating members of each bracket relative to each other and again tightening the nuts 23 when the two brackets are the proper distance apart. It will be apparent also that these adjustments can be accomplished without in the least marring the face of the molding.

I do not desire to be confined to the exact details shown but aim in my claims to cover all modifications which do not involve a departure from the spirit and scope of my invention.

' What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bracket for a shade fixture consisting of a pair of strips one extending vertisuch that the Vertically extending strip may be adjusted horizontally relatively to the other strip, said strips having at their upper and outer ends respectively integral rear wardly extending portions which engage respectively the upper and side edges of the molding and are secured thereto, and a shade fixture rigidly secured to said vertical strip.

2. A bracket for a shade fixture comprising a pair of strips one extending vertically and the other horizontally parallel to the face of the window frame or molding, the vertical strip having near its lower end an opening and the horizontal strip having a longitudinally extending slot, means passing through said opening and through the slot and securing said strips tightly together in a manner such that the vertically extending stripmay be adjusted horizontally relatively to'the other strip, said strips having'respectively at their upper and outer ends integral rearwardly extending portions which engage the upper and side edges respectively of the molding and'are secured thereto, a shade and a curtain fixture both rigidly secured to said vertical strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

GEORGE E. SESSIONS. 

